- Submitted by
- Wesley Gregg
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 18:48
- Location
- 52.953660° N 121.534740° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Is this a point observation or a summary of your day?
- Point observation
- Elevation above sea level
- 1,800m
- Snowpack depth
- 128cm
- Did you observe whumpfing?
- No
- Did you observe cracking?
- Yes
- Snowpack test result
- Moderate
- Snowpack test fracture character
- Uneven break
- Snowpack test failure depth
- 20cm
Comments
Apprx 8cm's of new snow in 24hrs on top of melt freeze layer. Multiple melt layers separated by approx 5cms down to 15. Layer @ 20cm's with possible surface hoar. Firm snowpack below to 10cm's to ground. Below faceted snow/unconsolidated.
CTE 7 - uneven @ 10cm
CTM 5 - Planer @ 20cm on suface hoar/crust
CTH 2 - Solid slab to ground - uneven